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penned by me, your friend and brother in Christ, I say unto you all as one that loves you, let, O, let! this subject of the parting of man and wife alone, for behold! the wages that is due to them.
St. Math. 7: 13. I now bid the world adieu, for the great consolation of the christian is sweet to my heart, for the Lamb shall lead the heavenly flock where living fountains flow, for this crown is incorruptible and undefiled, and it cannot fade away, for the saints are kept by the power of God; salvation is still drawing nigh; then let us walk by faith, as strangers here, until Christ shall call us to his everlasting kingdom. Amen.
The world's funeral sermon I remember the sentence, Gen. 6: 3. "And the Lord said my spirit shall not always strive with man." Deut. 7: 3, 4; 1 Pet 3: 13; and who is he that will harm you. Rev. 9: 0. And in those days shall men seek death and shall not find it. Gen. 18: 24. Abraham with God. "If there be fifty righteous in the city," &c. Ps. 42: 7. "Deep called unto deep," &c. Math. 6: 33. " But seek ye first the kingdom of God," &c. Joel 3: 16. "The Lord also, shall roar out of Zion." Jer. 25: 30. " Therefore prophecy. Eccle. 3: 2. The excellency of God's work; a time to be born and a time to die. Gal. 4: 4. "Far the Jews were for a while under the law, but Christ came to redeem and to give both to Jews and Gentiles the adoption of sons, for when the fullness the of time was come God sent forth his son, made of a woman, made under the law that was the time to be born, and now we can behold the birth day, the day of great joy. Phil. 1: 21. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Heb. 9: 27. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. Eph. 1: 10, 12. Ezk. 34: 25. And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land, and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods, and this is the text. Ps. 85: 10. Mercy and truth are met together, righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Luke 2: 13. This was a great time indeed; suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and singing glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will towards men. John 1: 14,
